Chairwoman
Senator Judy Eason McIntyre
Judy Eason McIntyre is a native Oklahoman from Tulsa. She attended and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa. She received a Bachelor’s and Master of Science Degree in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma.
Judy Eason McIntyre was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate District 11 in 2004. She also was elected and served in the House of Representatives for District 73 in the 49th Legislature for 2002-2004. She was the first freshman appointed to the Speaker’s Leadership Team in the House of Representatives. In 2002, she was one of sixteen black women from twelve states selected as a Fellow for the NOBEL/Women (National Organization of Black Elected Legislators/Women) for the NOBEL/Women CAWP (Center for American Women and Politics/Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University) Leadership Institute.
In 2011, she was chosen to serve as Democratic Whip. Besides her normal standing committee assignments, she was appointed to serve on the Select Committee on Pensions to address the more than $16 billion in unfunded liabilities of the state’s pension systems. She was also chosen to serve on the Senate Redistricting Committee.
She retired from the Department of Human Services, Child Welfare Division after 31 years. She also served on the Tulsa Public School Board for 16 years serving as President for two years.
She holds memberships in the following organizations: Member, Vernon AME Church; the Tulsa County Democrat Lunch Club; 1921 Race Riot Design Committee; the Greenwood Re-Development Authority; the NAACP; CWA (Communication Workers of America) Local #6086; Oklahoma Humanities Council Board of Trustees; and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is also the President of the Jazz Hall of Fame Board and a founding member of Soulful Survivors, Inc. (a breast cancer support group).